Name: Mellow Negroni
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 35 ml Gin; 7.5 ml Red bitter liqueur; 7.5 ml Orange-red aperitivo; 35 ml Rosso/sweet vermouth; 2 drop Saline solution 4:1

Mellow Negroni
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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₆ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₄ oz	Strucchi Red Bitter (Campari-style liqueur)
¹⁄₄ oz	Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo
1 ¹⁄₆ oz	Strucchi Rosso Vermouth
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
Prepare garnish of orange slice wheel.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
Garnish with orange slice wheel.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Rosso/rouge/sweet vermouth (di Torino) - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

As the name suggests, it's a Negroni with the gin-laced punch you'd expect but a little less of the bitterness.

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History:

Created by yours truly thanks to a comment (on our White Negroni page) by John McLaughlin, a fellow Discerning Drinker, in search of a mellow Negroni recipe.

Nutrition:

One serving of Mellow Negroni contains 166 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
21.03% alc./vol. (21.03° proof)
17.9 grams of pure alcohol

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Erik Maloney

29th March 2024 at 10:48

As a staunch advocate for the classic equal parts Negroni, I found myself liking this a lot. I used my standard Negroni picks (Tanqueray, Campari, and Cinzano), with the addition of Aperol, and the result is pleasingly subtle but still carries the sublimity of a good Negroni. I suspect this would be a great spec for a more delicate, less juniper-forward gin that might be overshadowed by an equal-parts Campari blend.

Otto D

2nd March 2023 at 22:06

Wow this was great. Made it with a rose vermouth (cocchi rosa) and a grapefruit gin. Brilliantly balanced. The dash of saline worked for me.

simon kitchen

15th June 2022 at 18:28

The salt detracts in this cocktail, sorry, still prefer a classic negroni

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